Category Archives: World

Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter grows among white youth
WASHINGTON — Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has increased among young white adults, according to a poll that suggests a majority of white, black, Asian and Hispanic young adults now...
Sep 05, 2016
General Motors settles 2 bellwether ignition switch cases
DETROIT — General Motors Co. has settled two federal court cases related to its defective ignition switches, but its legal troubles stemming from the switches are far from over. GM settled the c...
Sep 05, 2016

TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
LOS ANGELES — Hugh O’Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television’s first adult Western, has died. He was 91. A representative from HOBY, a philanth...
Sep 05, 2016
Despite more police, West Indian Day events marred by deaths
NEW YORK — Revelers in costumes danced as the sounds of steel drums filled the air Monday at the city’s annual West Indian Day Parade, but despite an expanded police presence violence agai...
Sep 05, 2016
Wave of IS-claimed bombings in Syria kill at least 48
BEIRUT — Near-simultaneous bombings claimed by the Islamic State group struck in and around strongholds of the Syrian government and Kurdish troops Monday, killing at least 48 people in a wave o...
Sep 05, 2016
23 die in Ethiopia prison fire over weekend, government says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Twenty-three people have died in a prison fire in Ethiopia over the weekend, a state-affiliated broadcaster reported Monday. The Kilinto prison on the outskirts of the ca...
Sep 05, 2016
WHO confirms 3rd case of polio in Nigeria, Rotary Club says
LAGOS, Nigeria — The World Health Organization has confirmed a third case of polio in an area of Nigeria newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic extremists, the Rotary Club said Monday, amid fea...
Sep 05, 2016
Duterte tells Obama not to question him about killings
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned President Barack Obama on Monday not to question him about extrajudicial killings, or “son of a bitch I will swear at you&...
Sep 05, 2016
China promises co-operation on steel at global summit
HANGZHOU, China — China agreed to co-operate more closely with its trading partners on its politically volatile steel exports as leaders of major economies ended a summit Monday with a forceful ...
Sep 05, 2016

Arizona could be a spoiler on the road to 270
PHOENIX — If Hillary Clinton carries Arizona in November, there’s a good chance it won’t be because Democrats on their own have flipped a reliable GOP state they hope to win consiste...
Sep 05, 2016